Gymnastics in the 1970s was INSANE!

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[@rathodconnects8099]

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[@sharptoothtrex4486]

Even if Sesame Street Gymnast Deborah Eich-Romer from New York State joined the Olympics starting in 1972 to 1984 might make her famous winning gold.

[@bunnierivera3754]

I agree. It's rather boring now.

[@parkrein1237]

what made it really insane was USSR system that destroyed the best gymnast in history E. Mukhina

[@kuroyuki919]

Pero mira esa perfección y belleza. Ahora cualquier cosa mal hecha le dan 10 "biles". Que riza dan los jueces de hoy mientras la biles comete errores le dan 10 y si otra gimnasia comete el más mínimo error o los mismos errores de la biles la penalizan.

[@doubleophysiquecreation1525]

This almost looks like a different sport in comparison to today! This must have been mind-blowing 🤯 to see in real life!!

[@alexiapoidevin4975]

They are all so different from one another, so unique

[@asturiasceltic3183]

Exactly. I miss that

[@andrealuppi9206]

Olga was the revolution, the BEST ever, so far ahead of her time.

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,,, true - Gold for Korbut.

[@5Gburn]

IMO Olga Korbut is the GOAT on uneven parallel bars. I mean, c'mon. Daredevil moves and a 100% cleanly executed routine with a rock solid dismount. Dang.

[@relaxedandhappylife7932]

​@@5Gburn truly amazing moves. Too bad, the judges didn't like it.

[@Keckegenkai]

only that janz got gold

[@justoibaneztrujillo5602]

i agree

[@candyaddict111]

This is crazy but also so impressive!! These women literally were flying

[@amarkray01]

Karin Janz 🤯 So difficult and elegant at the same time.

[@michelesiger6890]

That was such a great era for unique bar routines

[@d.n.8919]

I wish that Karin Janz and Olga Korbut could have both gotten gold medals. Both routines were insane.

[@milagroslp9939]

Olga was 😱 OUTSTANDING. We don't see that anymore. Bravo!!

[@Sakura_OHSHC09]

Korbut is a delight!!!

[@clemdane]

No wonder I loved it so much more back then. These are the gymnastics I grew up watching. It's changed so gradually that I didn't quite remember why it felt so much more exciting and interesting back then. Now I see why.

[@Tina-FullNameChristinaKeay]

My sentiments exactly 💯 You just clarified it for me 😊 Never enjoyed watching any Gymnast as much as Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci. Gymnastics is a Wonderful watch, there are so many brilliant talents - so skilled and committed and well done all ❤ BUT never feel the same as when I watch those two elegant charismatic girls! They'll always be untouchable 🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️🩷🩷 It's just the way it is 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Manda-Moo]

That’s it exactly. I was thinking it was just nostalgia taking, but after seeing all this footage I quickly realized that women’s gymnastics is nothing like what it used to be.

[@juliecurran9884]

Their dismounts are perfection ❤

[@BuscaLoEsencial]

They fly

[@nancykraus5127]

Some interesting moves on bars I have not seen in a long time. And graceful dismounts.

[@endlessstudent3512]

They are mostly forbidden nowadays. And the uneven bars is dead no anyway, as they have moved the bars so far apart, that the special movements that made it so beautiful are not possible anymore.

[@nancykraus5127]

@@endlessstudent3512 the uneven bars are strange to start with. Men often have larger hands than women but the suve of the uneven bars is bigger around than the bar used for men. Making the bars further apart was, I think, done under the assumption that women are taller now but not most of the gymnists we see use them.

[@Vladi_AK47]

Olga’s performance was insane ❤️

[@andrada1270]

Indeed.

[@MarkAMMarrk]

Excellent quality video! I was 12 in 1972 and this is when the uneven parallel bars became my favorite women's apparatus. These girls are amazing!

[@imogenoneill1017]

Wow it’s not only Olga Korbut. They’re actually all incredible. Best time for gymnastics.

[@williamhicks7736]

Great video… not having to hear commentary, just taking in the atmosphere … and the beautiful, elegant maneuvers of these young ladies …. This is really quite moving …. 😭… thank you…

[@loganwebb1338]

I agree. I find the commentators to be redundant and unnecessary

[@sarahjohnson-nt4fm]

I can't get over bar routines in 70s compared to now. So very different. Wat a huge change in 25/30 years.

[@Dopamint]

50 years...

[@whatistruth1155]

More elegant.

[@dodi-wankenobi]

@@Dopamint sssshhhh…. 😅

[@cha9165]

It's boring now

[@abbieC88]

​​@@cha9165 What! It's actually more exciting now 😂 they moved them further apart so now it's more intense.

[@MimMdance]

Korbut and Comaneci are probably the best and most mainstream from that era. As said by myself who knows nothing about gymnastics. But they all seemed incredibly creative back then. Like the stuff Goreac or Janz were doing too. All beautiful to watch.

[@abacus299]

Creativity and elegance in abundance. Beautiful and thrilling to watch.

[@JonnyTainment]

The 1972 Olympics is where women's gymnastics changed forever. Before then the focus was predominantly on artistry and grace, but these Olympics made women's gymnastics more acrobatic and turned it into the daredevil sport we know it as now.

[@maryli2049]

Yes now they might be perfect executing routines and exercises, but gymnastics has lost all grace and beauty.❤

[@MereCashmere]

What happened in '72?

[@jondavwal13]

@@MereCashmere Olga Korbut happened. It is really that simple.

[@MereCashmere]

@@jondavwal13 I'm not sure I understand, people are saying this event and gymnastics in general changed for the worst here, and that they wish Olga's style persevered, but It didn't. You're saying she's responsible for gymnastics changing for the worst despite being the GOAT?

[@jondavwal13]

@@MereCashmere Nobody is saying that. Gymnastics changed in 1972. Korbut was the change and she is the birth of modern gymnastics. Her style did persevere. But she was transitional. Go look at videos from 1968 if you want to understand better. Those who talk about artistry don’t understand sport. Gymnastics was hardly a sport pre-Korbut. You really don’t understand anything about gymnastics.

[@arthurjranuada5495]

0:08 Karin Janz. East Germany 0:45 Olga Korbut. Soviet Union 1:20 Erika Zuchold. East Germany 1:48 Lyudmila Turischeva. Soviet Union 2:22 Ilona Bekesi. Hungary 2:45 Angelika Hellmann, East Germany 3:04 Alina Goreac. Romania

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,,, Korbut - Gold, no questions.

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,, Janz won only because of politics - fact.

[@АлександраНиколаева-ь2ь]

I dont know. I think Janz was incredible. I use to see shorts only with Olga Korbut and I've always thought she was genius. But to see several diamonds in a row that's just incredible.Their trio Janz, Korbut and Turischeva is impossible to judge. I bet none of the judges did anything similar in their sports career or maybe even just saw other competitors being that crazy and creative. All three of them are one head better than all other contestants. They were all stunningly perfect. To me all three of them deserve three golds 🏅

[@marguskiis7711]

@@АлександраНиколаева-ь2ь Turischeva is underrated due her name (hard to memorize).

[@lionwarriorking]

socialist countries owned west physically and intellectually by winning olympics and math and physics olympics

[@terririmmer4706]

I remember watching these as a kid.

[@5Gburn]

0:33 That dismount 😍

[@grzywi19]

whole performance is also the best in my opinion, even better than Korbut

[@SubZero-lg6xz]

​@@grzywi19mas elegante pero no mejor. Solo se la ve arriesgarse en un truco. La de korbut es alucinante de principio a fin

[@r4ym1n13]

Insane !!!

[@capitacaldera02]

She won the gold medal in the Olympics 72'

[@Ttjam1]

I repeated it over and over. Never seen anything like it! All these routines are so compelling to watch and so different from each other

[@veronicafleitas412]

I love gymnastics of the 70s and early 80s, a great evolution of routines. Munich 72 the year I was born

[@ACollectorNotAHoarder]

These women were incredible 🤩

[@TheMysticSaint]

Wow! That's some of the coolest bar work I've ever seen. I just don't see things like that now.

[@halodeer]

That’s because constantly hitting the bar with their hips like that caused issues with fertility down the line. Modern gymnastics is much safer and leaves athletes with a life after their sport :)

[@franxiscosanchez7668]

OLGA FUE EL GRAN BELLO ANGEL DE LA GIMNACIA SIN MUTILAR ( NO DE LA NUEVA ) Y ESE PAJARO AUN VIVE .. Grs.

[@emilyvickery8081]

bars are much closer. the widening of the bars was to increase creativity but yet the routines are so mundane.

[@halodeer]

@@emilyvickery8081 widening of the bars was to increase fluidity!

[@snapplegu6100]

@@halodeer Looking at American gymnasts today, apart from a few who don't have extreme stunted growth and obvious hormonal imbalances, I don't see how you figure they'd have less issues with fertility. I'd be surprised if any even get a period at all.

[@redparrot1677]

I could watch this all day. Uneven bars were far more entertaining back then. Not that I want young athletes to be put in danger, which they undoubtably were.

[@forestgump8357]

Especially with the fact they just landed on a basic pad, instead of a several layers thick super soft padding to land on. Much safer to make a mistake today.

[@jelliebird37]

This is just one after another surprise… just jaw dropping! Amazing!

[@1ACL]

Everything in the 70's was INSANE!😁

[@ShelleeGraham]

The bars were very close together back then. The moves were created to move between and high and low bar creatively and elegantly. This Olympic competition inspired me to become a gymnast!🤸‍♀️

[@eiraremejeene]

I would like to see today some of those twists like Tourischeva's ang Goreac's. And all those dismounts... and moves... Wow!

[@ksol1460tv]

I would too, I am curious if those are still allowed, just not done anymore, or what?

[@TravelWithTerahTX]

​@@ksol1460tv Turischeva was amazing....

[@archiculturenaturetravels9111]

@@ksol1460tv Tourischeva's and Goreac's toe-on twists are allowed today. However, they only carry a C value, meaning the gymnasts don't get a lot of points for them. They prefer doing harder skills because they will receive higher scores for them.

[@nataliapetrosjan6479]

Непревзойдённая Ольга Корбут ! Отточенные,каждый мускул работает как механизм,выверенные до миллиметра точность движений, расчёт - но с какой лёгкостью,грацией - исполнено !!!! Опередила время! И запретили кому либо повторять твои элементы- миссия невыполнима! Слава Богу ,что исполнила ,показала свою ,,мощь,, !- слава Вам,наши девочки ! Очень горько за Леночку Мухину....да с кем только не случаются нелепые срывы,травмы,и на ровном месте спотыкаются...А и с такими тренированными телами ,случай может изменить всё в доли секунды.... Спасибо Вам за ваши труды,старания и принесенные победы и минуты ,единой для всех наших болельщиков,неудержимой гордости и радости за Вас!

[@siletsahar]

Wow, I would give 10.0 for all of them! Beautiful, graceful, creative, strong...

[@CC-si3cr]

Olga was the GOAT who is never mentioned. I wonder why gymnastics in the 70s was so treacherous. Olga's uneven bar routine was a white unicorn performance in the sport. It will definitely never be repeated again. Anyone could have easily died from a performance. There was a gymnast that actually died doing vault, but that was in the 90s.

[@zhaviyah84]

They still could. One wrong move and you land on you neck etc you won’t be moving much longer. They are highly trained since toddlers so this rarely happens. Stupid when it does the move gets banned. You risk doing the sport but no one can take the ( extremely rare ) consequences.

[@AdeleiTeillana]

I love it when people parrot a well established internet myth that has absolutely no truth behind it, while being fully convicted of its truth. 🙄

[@-corvin]

she was the literal first inductee into the gymnast hall of fame. 'never mentioned' is a big stretch. her bar routine has 35m views, making it the most viewed bar routine of the olympics channel. comanecis 10 has half as many views. olgas beam routine is the second most watched beam routine at 15m views etc.

[@DavidOrtiz-gu6xx]

Agree

[@davibartav]

​@@-corvinmost watched doesn't mean anything

[@superkazan]

after the jury gave 9.80 to Olga Korbut, the audience protested the jury over 5 minutes because she was perfect - 10

[@ricardoavilapaulette7060]

I still remember Munich 1972 because of Olga Korbut and the all the women gymnasts.

[@madeleinegrayson8372]

I really miss this era of gymnastics. It was a joy to watch, was so fluid, graceful and jaw dropping at the same time. No masculine tank bodies, because it wasn't all about power.

[@johnloydandres3299]

I loved watching gymnastics before today. The competition is much more meaningful applying deadly routines to make their performance much more entertaining and breathtaking.

[@JuneJaneb4]

It was 50 years ago. But looking at what they do it's like curent days almost. It's amazing

[@MrC77]

Better than current day

[@michritch3493]

Those were the days!! Amazing.

[@r.m.2737]

I’m this days all the routines looks the same, back then were so unique. ❤

[@llddau]

Bars was so much more interesting and beautiful back then; the newer restrictions have changed it but not for the better. I do still love watching that and vault much more than beam or floor though.

[@ShornSteinfeher]

All those elements definitely made the routines way more unique than today. Risky stuff though, I can understand why some things aren't popular anymore 😁

[@DammSkippy]

Hurts my core to watch them hit their stomachs on those bars!

[@ShelleeGraham]

They are hitting their hip bones. The bruises around by the front hip area was pretty colorful back in the day. My coach would say if you keep you hips open when you contact the lower bar, it should wrap around naturally and not hurt. But I would always anticipate the bar too early and slightly pike at the hip and bruise. Sometimes we would insert foam pads into our leo, to help minimize the bruising.

[@DammSkippy]

@@ShelleeGraham Much props to gymnasts!

[@caw7007]

Agree with the comments. I love the grace of the routines back then. 💖

[@Methne555]

Graceful, elegant and all competed with class.

[@lisalelia]

Gymnastics was more insane and dangerous, but for me it was more beautiful in 1970s

[@sandybeaches8311]

So much of it looks so unintentional…haphazard

[@lesterine77]

Agreed. They've lost the artistic part and it's become pretty boring.

[@zonedutopia]

Yes, watching clean performances Charm goes away seeing single injury caused by banned elements, beauty is not worth trying f.e. thomas salto

[@overdabu]

SUPER WOMENS

[@leaphorn34]

Agree

[@LotarLee_2TL]

They're insane, incredible and beautiful performance.

[@adamseay4827]

the first 2 were insane next level. Im certain we will never see a routine like that ever again. dismount via torso!? Well done!

[@archiculturenaturetravels9111]

Believe it or not, but those dismounts are still allowed! There are still a few dismounts like that in the Code of Points. However, they are rarely performed -- some because they are too easy, some because they are too hard, and some because the bars are too far apart to facilitate them.

[@Leader-fq1dq]

Some of the best uneven bars work. Wish they would do some of the moves now. 😊

[@dinahmokwana4884]

3:00 backflip while sitting down😮😮

[@christill]

Last time a video of this was uploaded, I said it was impressive compared to now, and someone replied saying it was to make it safer. But it’s not just safety is it? There’s a lot more innovation and creativity back then even if you take out the most dangerous bits, and you could do those now. But when you watch it now, you only really need to see one performer on the bars to get pretty much all of what you’re going to see. And that’s pretty unfortunate.

[@vinoandkittens9552]

All of gymnastics has definitely shifted so the focus is less on grace and perhaps imagination and more on power and athleticism. The strength and power todays elite gymnasts poses is absolutely amazing, (the skills they can pull off are mind blowing,) but the grace and imagination was arguably more fun to watch.

[@willbuzz8813]

I agree with you.

[@toastedt140]

​@vinoandkittens9552 Which is unfortunate since it seems to be a definite move by America to push the odds in their favor.

[@ddot9566]

@@toastedt140what is that supposed to mean? Power and athleticism are not American traits. Anyone from anywhere can be powerful and athletic. Grace and creativity aren't absent in America either.

[@Pimentel-Kreations]

Ignant much? Or,just 💩🧠​@@toastedt140

[@lalhmangaihalungtau]

They changed women artistic gymnastics forever, Especially Olga Korbut

[@gerbelle90]

I feel like today everybody does the same routine. The focus seems to be on collecting points solely, no care for individuality and creativity

[@AmandaabnamA]

Yeah I was blown away seeing the creativity in rhythmic gymnastics

[@toffeenut1336]

Exactly, it’s boring to watch today.

[@Jim-nt7xy]

Love Ludmila and Olga

[@marcoantonioreveloguerrero9972]

Last dismount was deadly

[@a.g1554]

Dang those girls were great! Back when olympics was worth watching

[@MATISSE123]

MUY ARRIESGADO PERO FUERON LAS OLIMPIADAS MAS ESPECTACULARES DE LA HISTORIA. ERAN HIPNOTICAS, PERFECTAS, PURA PRECISIÓN, ÚNICAS 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@ilyakats54]

Olga was amazing. Wow!

[@stephenkpoobari596]

I see things here that i don't see in 2024. The routines from the 70s were super tricky. And the athletes had smooth execution

[@brumels1570]

And the equipment made sure only tiny teenagers could manage these routines. Look at how small that gap is. All these tricks rewarded agility but not strength which therefore favored young girls with pixie bodies.

[@FLORIDA_MAN_813]

@@brumels1570as if the gymnasts now aren’t borderline dwarfs.

[@archiculturenaturetravels9111]

@@brumels1570 Huh? All the gymnasts you see here were women. Back in the 1960s and early 1970s, gymnasts were taller than today's gymnasts. The transition to tinier gymnasts did not happen until the late 1970s and 1980s. And the bars were placed farther apart when it did, to allow for giants rather than belly beats.

[@shellyortiz1977]

That's a rare magical era

[@ssansu]

I loved Karin Janz's routine (third girl)

[@juanjrasinesg6024]

Olga Korbut merecía un 10

[@thepugsandtheprincess]

Oh those were the days of close bars. The eagle catch was always my favorite move to do and yes your lower body did get a beating lol. I’m in my 50’s and a former elite gymnast and times have definitely changed. Olga and Nadia were idols back then.

[@irizarryclari]

I would enjoy watching these routines more. These are crazy and extremely artistic.

[@intivism]

Back when creativity and technique was important, as opposed to raw strength for points.

[@Polemicahead-c5s]

Such a pleasure, all with their own style, you could say Erika’s routine looks less dificult maybe, but her rigidness and violence looks cool too. By the way, maybe they should start recording uneven bars from this perspective again? I can see more clearly like this

[@annab9256]

This gymnastics was just different, id say more artistic and creative. We trained and competes with routines like these into the late 80’s. Everything was different, bars material were different and training was CRAZY

[@andresvilla3796]

La mejor era de la gimnasia ARTISTICA, sovieticas, alemanas, hungaras y rumanas al mas alto nivel competitivo.

[@karenwendling7228]

Janz’s dismount looked like a torpedo - insane!

[@dayeeoliver]

Holy mother... 😲 Those moves are crazy. It's nothing comparable with today's

[@Idkmanjustgowithit]

Why did the uneven bars look so much cooler back then compared to today?

[@Paulo-1999]

I remember seeing a less complete footage of this before. This is almost a different sport with the bars so close. Different, but still impressive movements.

[@barbararaizen2997]

I didn’t know the bars were closer. I wish they’d put them back.

[@Paulo-1999]

@@barbararaizen2997 Yes, it used to be much closer. It allowed different kind of movements that aren't possible today. Just as having the bars more far apart today allows different and maybe harder movements. Which is great. However, it's still beautiful to see the kind of plasticity that was only possible then.

[@ljs02a]

Part of the reason these routines are so different is I believe the bars were closer together then as compared to now. I am not sure when they changed that but yeah, I think it at least in part had to do with the risk and danger involved.

[@sassyempress7916]

For a sport that requires strength they had shown elegant, graceful and artistry which is very different from today.

[@maggieb4736]

It's still called "Artistic Gymnastics."

[@hohoho1927]

And they weren't built like muscle-women then either. I don't think it was so much about brute strength, but balance and poise, more like ballet. I often notice the noise today's gymnasts land with compared to back then and that's with much more give in the floor today than in the 70s. Being lighter enabled them to be more nimble and truly acrobatic. It was spectacular to see. It's not about a fashion for skinnier girls then as opposed to now. Back then no-one gave a toss about gyms (they didn't exist), weightlifting or muscle-building, except for a few odd people that society used to laugh at. Ah, remember those days, when laughter was permitted?

[@gregandvalari]

Those dismounts! What a difference

[@Jesse-gx7mn]

The first 44 seconds showed me all I needed to know about Gymnastics in the 1970s....TRULY INSANE!

[@marianamaldonado1067]

Korbut era potencia e innovación pero Turishcheva era elegancia y arte, para mi ambas fueron las mejores de todos los tiempos. Honor y gloria a la URSS.

[@TravelWithTerahTX]

Loved Korbut.....but Turischeva was so elegant and polished. But Korbut really opened up gymnastics 2 the world.

[@jhonalyncorpuz492]

Those insane moves from 1970 and 1972 are so superb and dangerous… i dont see them now 2023

[@laurasuarez6926]

Notable, lo que eran las series en esos años✨

[@firefalcoln]

This shows why there was an uneven bar as a difference from the men’s high bar. Today the uneven bar is essentially just like the men’s high bar, except they have to transition to the lower bar at some point in the routine. (Yes I know there are other small differences like the bars are made of different materials as well and the men have devices to keep their hands on the bar which the women don’t use) But these older uneven bars offer a completely different sort of challenge and opportunity to do so many different interesting things with the bars being so close to one another that one can not swing all the way around the taller bar without hitting the lower bar. It’s probably less safe when it comes the possibility of injuries involving colliding with a bar. But far more interesting. And probably more safe in that the gymnasts can’t try as many crazy dismount because it’s hard to work up as much momentum.

[@alikhalifeh9139]

They had PASSION they loved what they did❤❤

[@jurioish]

It's much more enjoyable to watch.

[@Symmetry77]

Much more interesting than today

[@MikeyTripz]

Wow this is so much better than what they do today - so much style & personalization to their moves.. today it's like everyone does 95% of the same moves, it's just a matter of "who does it better" 😒

[@skwervin1]

They stuck their landings, got perfectly vertical on the handstands, the grace, the flow.... the memories

[@ilyakats54]

Olga was amazing. Wow

[@kosmosgii2535]

This is truly exceptional

[@mayekaneki]

Better than now.

[@ktwashere5637]

also, their leotards are cut so as to not make them look like pole dancers.

[@whatistruth1155]

Yep.

[@honestytoafault]

I'm sorry but olga should have gotten a 10 for that routine.

[@archipiratta]

All the Soviets were absolutely spectacular! 😮😮

[@carol4681]

Elas tinham leveza, elegância, classe, parecia que faziam balé com ginástica. Simplesmente lindo, porém mortal. A ginástica baniu vários movimentos por serem muito perigosos para os ginastas, imagino quantos não sofreram lesões graves como a também incrível Elena Mukhina 😢 hoje em dia elas são mais musculosas e fortes, menos delicadas, pois assim não aguentariam os impactos e lesões das execuções!

[@Loma23256]

As long as everyone does it perfectly , it means it's not too dangerous 😂

[@carol4681]

@@Loma23256 didn’t you read me talking about Elena Mukhina? There are many others gymnasts who became paraplegic, sad but true. Not all of them became famous, but it doesn’t change the fact some skills are extremely dangerous

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

There was never anybody, male or female, who was better on the uneven bars than Olga Korbut. She was just incredible.

[@АннаК-ж5щ]

Elena Mukhina

[@shizukagozen777]

That was so much more interesting than what we see nowadays ngl.

[@jasonleetaiwan]

The sport has changed. They don’t do all this stuff on uneven bars anymore.

[@anthems_ukraine]

Вот это настоящая борьба за золото!! Тут и каждому золото надо присудить за уникальные нестандартные упражнения!! Но золото может иметь только один...

[@hoganfan924]

My shoulders hurt just watching this. 😂